Moqhaka Local Municipality
Moqhaka is a municipality in the Fezile Dabi District, Free State Province, South Africa. In 2001 the population was 267 881 with a total area of 7925 km ². The seat of local government is Kroonstad. The community name is the South-Sotho-word for "crown".
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:| Place | Code | Area | Population | Most spoken language |
| Kroonstad | 232.04 | 23,992 | Afrikaans | |
| Maokeng | 12.62 | 67,929 | Sotho | |
| Matlwangtlwang | 1.59 | 6,441 | Sotho | |
| Rammulutsi | 4.03 | 24,578 | Sotho | |
| Steynsrus | 1.66 | 1,192 | Afrikaans | |
| Vaal Reefs Mine | 12.04 | 5,050 | Sotho | |
| Vierfontein | 2.84 | 832 | Afrikaans | |
| Viljoenskroon | 13.73 | 2,514 | Afrikaans | |
| Remainder of the municipality | 7,619.38 | 35,362 | Sotho |
Politics
The municipal council consists of forty-five members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-three councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-three wards, while the remaining twenty-two are chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received. In the election of 3 August 2016 the African National Congress won a majority of twenty-seven seats on the council.The following table shows the results of the election.